UTTO-RI うっとり
Meanings
A pleasant feeling of being captivated by something beautiful.
The state of ecstasy in which one forgets oneself and is immersed in pleasure.
For one’s heart to be stolen away and to feel like one is in a dream.
Examples
・My wife is entranced (/rapt) by her favorite actor.
好きな俳優を目の前にうっとりとする。
・Listening to the music in rapt attention.
I was entranced by the beautiful music.
うっとりと音楽にききほれる。
Dogmatic Opinion
A continuous pleasant state of being caused by seeing or imagining “something beautiful that is rarely touched.
The objects are actors and idols you admire, jewelry, a beautiful moon, a beautiful melody, etc.
No matter how beautiful they are, we do not “Uttori” at the sight of young things.
If you say something like, “I love children and I am enchanted just by looking at them.”
You would inevitably be thought of as a pedophile and distanced from them.
It is often assumed that it is women who are considered to be “Uttori”.
“Uttori” is a static image. Sex and massage, even if pleasurable, are not “Uttori”.
Proximate Expression
Be enraptured/charmed/rapt/enchanted/bewitched/entranced/enthralled/fascinated
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